Rory Donnelly
Biographic Data
| ID | 3610648 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rory Donnelly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rory |
| FAMILY NAME | Donnelly |
| SIGNATURE | DONNELLY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8424-2039 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Riding the Waves of Adjustment to Work and Life in Another Country
This article examines how self-expatriates (SEs) negotiate tensions between multiple social identities and how this affects their long-term social and professional adjustment to work and life in another country. We use identity work theory to broaden social identity theory (SIT) and offer a deeper understanding of the roles played by social communities in the lived experiences of SEs. Longitudinal qualitative data were collected through 60 in-dep…
Bridging the Gaps in Work Quality Research
Experiences of work and employment continue to change but the concepts of job quality, job satisfaction and quality of working life remain compartmentalised and contextually disconnected due to entrenched disciplinary divisions, which hinder multi-level work quality theorisation. This article contributes to research on the sociology of work by integrating divergent streams of literature on these concepts with labour process theory to offer a more…
Business schools and faculty experiences of sexism
In this paper, we advance knowledge and theorization on the sexism experienced by faculty not only inside but also outside the physical boundaries of business schools. We enrich existing knowledge of gender and sexism by applying Gender Structure Theory (GST) to provide a more multi‐dimensional analysis of the role of individuals, interactions, and institutions in shaping gender structures. Engaging with this theoretical framework, we use mixed‐m…
Navigating the gender structure in information technology
How do women, outnumbered and outranked, navigate work and careers in information technology? Only one in six information technology (IT) specialists in the UK is female. Such extreme male dominance potentially gives rise to a gender structure that affects women’s experiences of IT work. Using data from interviews with 57 technically skilled female IT professionals, we examine how women orient this gender structure and how they make sense of thei…
Using involvement to enhance employee engagement in IT firms
Many organisational leaders increasingly use employee involvement to serve their interests, spurred by the unitarist rationale of leader‐member exchange (LMX). Existing research into employee involvement and participation (EIP) management has mainly focused on manufacturing firms in advanced economies and has not kept pace with developments in settings where practice is primarily governed by organisational leaders plus greater use is made of info…
Does the UK have a ‘comparative institutional advantage’ that is supportive of the IT services sector
This paper applies a ‘sector-in-country’ approach to examine the institutional conditions associated with the recent expansion of the information technology services sector in the UK. The findings reveal both synergies and tensions between the business and employment conditions of the sector and the wider institutional characteristics of the UK employment model
Revisiting the UK Model
When the UK took over the presidency of the European Union in July 2005, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair presented the UK model as a potential saviour for the European social model, a model for the rest of Europe to emulate. It had succeeded, it was claimed, not only in combining growth with high employment rates, facilitated by flexible labour and product markets, but also for using economic growth and modern approaches to public service and …
The knowledge economy and the restructuring of employment
Knowledge workers are said to be the vanguard of a new era in work and employment, with some even claiming that these workers have been freed from the constraints of organizational employment (Pink, 2001; Reed, 1996). However, many knowledge workers operate as employees and emerging research suggests that the interplay between these workers and organizations generates strong competing tensions. This article proposes that these conflicts lead to a…
Navigating the gender structure in information technology
How do women, outnumbered and outranked, navigate work and careers in information technology? Only one in six information technology (IT) specialists in the UK is female. Such extreme male dominance potentially gives rise to a gender structure that affects women’s experiences of IT work. Using data from interviews with 57 technically skilled female IT professionals, we examine how women orient this gender structure and how they make sense of thei…
The knowledge economy and the restructuring of employment
Knowledge workers are said to be the vanguard of a new era in work and employment, with some even claiming that these workers have been freed from the constraints of organizational employment (Pink, 2001; Reed, 1996). However, many knowledge workers operate as employees and emerging research suggests that the interplay between these workers and organizations generates strong competing tensions. This article proposes that these conflicts lead to a…
Does the UK have a ‘comparative institutional advantage’ that is supportive of the IT services sector
This paper applies a ‘sector-in-country’ approach to examine the institutional conditions associated with the recent expansion of the information technology services sector in the UK. The findings reveal both synergies and tensions between the business and employment conditions of the sector and the wider institutional characteristics of the UK employment model
Business schools and faculty experiences of sexism
In this paper, we advance knowledge and theorization on the sexism experienced by faculty not only inside but also outside the physical boundaries of business schools. We enrich existing knowledge of gender and sexism by applying Gender Structure Theory (GST) to provide a more multi‐dimensional analysis of the role of individuals, interactions, and institutions in shaping gender structures. Engaging with this theoretical framework, we use mixed‐m…
Revisiting the UK Model
When the UK took over the presidency of the European Union in July 2005, the then Prime Minister Tony Blair presented the UK model as a potential saviour for the European social model, a model for the rest of Europe to emulate. It had succeeded, it was claimed, not only in combining growth with high employment rates, facilitated by flexible labour and product markets, but also for using economic growth and modern approaches to public service and …
The knowledge economy and the restructuring of employment
Knowledge workers are said to be the vanguard of a new era in work and employment, with some even claiming that these workers have been freed from the constraints of organizational employment (Pink, 2001; Reed, 1996). However, many knowledge workers operate as employees and emerging research suggests that the interplay between these workers and organizations generates strong competing tensions. This article proposes that these conflicts lead to a…
Does the UK have a ‘comparative institutional advantage’ that is supportive of the IT services sector
This paper applies a ‘sector-in-country’ approach to examine the institutional conditions associated with the recent expansion of the information technology services sector in the UK. The findings reveal both synergies and tensions between the business and employment conditions of the sector and the wider institutional characteristics of the UK employment model
Using involvement to enhance employee engagement in IT firms
Many organisational leaders increasingly use employee involvement to serve their interests, spurred by the unitarist rationale of leader‐member exchange (LMX). Existing research into employee involvement and participation (EIP) management has mainly focused on manufacturing firms in advanced economies and has not kept pace with developments in settings where practice is primarily governed by organisational leaders plus greater use is made of info…
Navigating the gender structure in information technology
How do women, outnumbered and outranked, navigate work and careers in information technology? Only one in six information technology (IT) specialists in the UK is female. Such extreme male dominance potentially gives rise to a gender structure that affects women’s experiences of IT work. Using data from interviews with 57 technically skilled female IT professionals, we examine how women orient this gender structure and how they make sense of thei…
Business schools and faculty experiences of sexism
In this paper, we advance knowledge and theorization on the sexism experienced by faculty not only inside but also outside the physical boundaries of business schools. We enrich existing knowledge of gender and sexism by applying Gender Structure Theory (GST) to provide a more multi‐dimensional analysis of the role of individuals, interactions, and institutions in shaping gender structures. Engaging with this theoretical framework, we use mixed‐m…
Bridging the Gaps in Work Quality Research
Experiences of work and employment continue to change but the concepts of job quality, job satisfaction and quality of working life remain compartmentalised and contextually disconnected due to entrenched disciplinary divisions, which hinder multi-level work quality theorisation. This article contributes to research on the sociology of work by integrating divergent streams of literature on these concepts with labour process theory to offer a more…
Riding the Waves of Adjustment to Work and Life in Another Country
This article examines how self-expatriates (SEs) negotiate tensions between multiple social identities and how this affects their long-term social and professional adjustment to work and life in another country. We use identity work theory to broaden social identity theory (SIT) and offer a deeper understanding of the roles played by social communities in the lived experiences of SEs. Longitudinal qualitative data were collected through 60 in-dep…
Political science (6 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Agency (philosophy (2 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (2 works)